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CARTOON THEME SONGS

200

'"They're a page right out of history"'

The Flintstones

400

'"Then away he'll schlep on his elephant Shep while Fella and Ursula stay in step"'

George of the Jungle

600

'"Here he comes...he's a demon on wheels"'

Speed Racer

800

'"Long tails and ears for hats"'

Josie and the Pussycats

1000

'"We're zany to the max, there's baloney in our slacks"'

Animaniacs

BIRDS

200

'The willow ptarmigan, an Arctic grouse, is its state bird'

Alaska

400

'The bittern's scientific name is Botaurus lentiginosus, the "-taurus" for its call resembling this animal's'

bull

600

'The largest North American species of the bird known as the martin is this "royal" one'

purple martin

800

'This "quiet" species is the only swan that has an orange bill'

mute swan

1000

'The call of this Australian bird, AKA the laughing jackass, is often used in films & TV to typify jungle sounds'

kookaburra

NO E'S PLEASE

200

'It's one of the 3 branches of the government of the United States'

Judicial

400

'In the Old Testament, there's a first & a second book of these'

Kings

600

'It's among our country's top 3 newspapers in circulation'

USA Today

800

'After six, it's the next number that fits the category'

thirty

1000

'This island is over 200,000 square miles in area'

Madagascar

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES

200

'Held by the Spanish in the 16th century, La Fortaleza is a national historic site on this Caribbean island'

Puerto Rico

400

'The Alabama airfield where this black air corps trained during WWII was added to the list in 1998'

Tuskegee Airmen

600

'A Cold War launch site for these "timely" missiles in South Dakota shot onto the list in 1999'

Minutemen

800

'Added to the list in 1992 is a site in Topeka, Kansas honoring this 1954 Supreme Court case'

Brown v. Board of Education

1000

'The Martinez, California home of this conservationist & writer has been preserved on the list since 1964'

John Muir

POETS BEFORE & AFTER

200

'Brrrrrrr! It's the condition that may afflict you if you read "The Road Not Taken" outside without your mittens on'

Robert Frostbite

400

'"Leaves of Grass" poet who's an enticing box of assorted chocolates'

Walt Whitman Sampler

600

'You might hear him singing "The Times They Are A-Changin'" somewhere "Under Milk Wood"'

Bob Dylan Thomas

800

'Jimmy Dean's hit song about the rough, tough poet who penned "Endymion"'

Big Bad John Keats

1000

'Transcendentalist poet-turned-British rock trio who sang "From the Beginning"'

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lake & Palmer